on a NM book I wouldn't knock it down any more than NM- since it was manufactured that way and really doesn't distract from the book in any way. If listing it for sale I would mention it just to be on the safe side but other than that I don't think it's too big of a deal. I've seen many books that were missing a staple (or two) or similar to yours.

Stuff like that technically has zero affect on the grade, even if it was only printed with one staple. Probably a good idea to mention it though, people buying NM books can be fickle & it's safe to mention anything out of the ordinary, might save you a return.

The mice it appears snacked on the back side across about 2 inches of the edge, maybe a half inch into the cover area and some internal pages as deep as half the pages in the book without affecting any of the story reading that I can see. It's not even close to the color blocks containing story content.

I think you are safe at GD (2.0). I would not be dissapointed if I received that book graded as such. Poor/Fair books usually look pretty trashed, which that does not. It seems good allows just about the greatest amount of defects, while still retaining the complete and readable story. Of course, there will always be sublte differences between books causing them to grade up or down... but in this case, GD is probably a safe grade.

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